Devoted largely to documents since 1965, this annotated bibliography on adult basic education contains 261 entries, most of these are concerned with surveys, planning, and program descriptions at the national, state, and local levels (67 entries); curriculum materials, lesson plans, and related matters (41 entries); clientele groups (including military personnel, migrant laborers, American Indians, Spanish Americans, and prisoners); teacher manuals and guides for new careers training, reading instruction, and other types of programs; teachers and administrators; teacher training; and the broad category of recruitment, testing, counseling, and student characteristics. Historical reviews, information sources and research reviews, educational television, computer assisted instruction, and programed instruction are also represented. The document provides notes on document availability, a list of publications by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education, and an order blank. (ly)